A Bit Nippy

Left Ottawa today after a brief trip. ‘Twas a bit nippy there with some lousy weather this morning that fortunately cleared up. Still looked somewhat desolate as I was waiting to board my plane so quickly framed up and rattled off a 9-shot bracket in hopes of creating a menacing-looking HDR. Too bad my haste left me with not enough headroom on my camera and so I wasn’t able to capture all the highlights. But a quick run through Nik’s HDR Efex Pro produced this and I still like the overall look, even though it’s a bit gritty.

The sun now looks pretty nuclear. Too bad it wasn’t sharing its heat with us.





Back at the Rink

Fellow photog Scott Campbell suggested on my previous post that I should turn my black and white rink shots into a series. Helluva plan. So I had that in the back of my mind at this weekend’s game. Here are some more to add to the collection.






Day at the Rink

How Canuck-ian is this?

Hey Buddy, You Gotta Light?

While in Vancouver last weekend I had the good fortune to be staying kitty-corner to the Olympic torch. Long since extinguished it still looked really cool, a medley of steel and icy glass. I didn’t have much opportunity to shoot that trip but hauled arse my only available morning when I saw the color of dawn creeping in. Snow had fallen that night to help bring back the feeling of what was, in my humble yet correct opinion, the greatest winter games of my generation.

And so here we have the Vancouver Olympic Torch, 2010:


But… Wait a minute? Where did them flames come from? Given I’m not a photojournalist I’m comfortable with “enhancing” the mood whenever necessary. And thanks to my good friend and awesome photographer Scott Campbell I had access to ready-made flames that I could inject into my shot. His image of the torch (taken during the Olympics while he worked as a skiing official, documented on his blog here) was actually published. His contribution of fire helped complete my shot. That and some mad Photoshop skillz.

And if you have ever wondered what that puppy looks like up close, it’s a thing of beauty.

Back From Vancouver

Such a great town. Weather was only so-so, but so much going on down there. Had the good fortune to be staying at the waterfront. A bit of snow came down, and tipped the trees in Stanley Park.


Was able to walk around a bit to see what’s what. To get some fresh air, but also to burn off some of the ever present caffeine of the west coast.


It’s not enough that they simply serve the lattes here – they decorate them as well:


And being by the water, I stumbled across this thing.


More to come of the permanently extinguished winter Olympic torch. Great memories.

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